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1. D. * Parclalidnches L. ( great X.) ; leaves cordate toothed 
the lowermost on long naked petioles, the intermediate with the 
petioles dilated into two broad semiamplexicaul ears at the 
base, the uppermost sessile and amplexicaul. E. B. S. t. 2654. 
Damp and hilly woods and pastures, rare. An outcast from gar- 
dens, but apparently now well-established in several parts of England 
and southern half of Scotland. If. 5 — 7. — Stem simple or corym- 
bosely branched, the lateral branches being much longer than the 
shortly stalked head that terminates the stem. Achenes of the disk 
hairy; of the ray glabrous (or slightly hairy. DC.'). 
2. T). *plantagineum Jj. (Plantain-leaved, X.) ; leaves toothed, 
radical ones on naked stalks ovate or slightly cordate produced 
at the base, cauline ones sessile except the lowest which has 
a winged stalk with amplexicaul auricles, intermediate ones 
cordate oblong, upper ovate-acuminate, achenes of the ray 
glabrous. D. Pardalianches Sm. : E. B. t. 630. 
Damp places, rare. Like the last species, only an escape from 
cultivation. If. 6, 7. — Stem simple or branched, heads on long 
leafless peduncles. The allied D. scorpioides has the achenes of the 
ray as hairy as those of the disk. 
40. I'nula Linn. Inula. 
Achenes terete or angled. Pappus pilose, in 1 row. Recep- 
tacle naked. Involucre imbricated. Anthers with bristles at 
their base. ( Flowers yellow.) — Name said to be a contraction 
of Helenium, the plant being supposed to have sprung from the 
tears of Helen. 
1. I. Helenium L. ( Elecampane ) ; leaves amplexicaul some- 
what toothed ovate wrinkled downy beneath, outer scales of 
the involucre ovate downy reflexed leafy, inner ones obovate, 
ray twice as long as the disk, achenes 4-angled glabrous. E. B. 
t. 1546. 
Moist pastures rare, but found in several places of England, and 
Ireland. Not wild in Scotland. If. 7, 8. — Stem 3 — 5 feet high, 
branched. Heads large, terminal, solitary, with many narrow, tricus- 
pidate yellow rays. 
2. I. Conyza DC. ( Ploughman's Spikenard) ; leaves pubes- 
cent ovato-lanceolate serrate the upper ones entire, stem her- 
baceous corymbose, scales of the involucre all linear recurved 
leafy, ray scarcely longer than the disk, achenes terete slightly 
hairy. Conyza squarrosa X. : E. B. t. 1195. 
Frequent on chalky or clay soils. Rare, if really wild, in Scot- 
land. d • 7 — 9. — Stem 2 — 3 feet high. Panicle leafy with the 
leaves entire. Lower leaves stalked. Heads almost discoid: florets 
of the circumference very small, filiform with a short ligule. 
